Two-seated carriage



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No. 463,179l Patented NOV. 17,1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

FRANCIS N. VANIER, OF AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

TWOf-SEATED CARRIAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 463,179, dated November17, 1891.

Application filed June 6, 1891. Serial No. 395,321. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, FRANCIS N. VANIER, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing in Amesbury, in thecounty of Essex and State ofMassachusetts, have 'invented a new and useful Improvement in Two-SeatedCarriages, of which the following' is a specification.

This invention relates to two-seated carriages or wagons which areprovided with doors on the sides for admission to and egress from therear seat; and it consists in the means below described, whereby theopening' of one of the side doors will cause the front seat on that sideto swing down, the lazyback at the saine time folding against it,providing ample room on that side for the occupant of the rear seat topass ont between the rear seat, which remains stationary, and the frontseat, which is swung down into a substantially vertical position.

In the accompanying drawings, in which si milar letters ofreferenceindicate like parts, Figure 1 is a central longitudinalvertical section with the seats in position for use, the position of thefront seat when swung down being indicated bybroken lines. Fig. 2 is aplan View with one of the front seats swung down.

A A A2 A3 represent, respectively, the floor, sides, tail-gate, anddash-board ot' the carriage.

B E are the doors, and C is the rear seat, all constructed substantiallyas usual.

D is a horizontal crosspiece supported by the frame D and situatedbeneath the front seats well forward of their centers.

F. E are the two front seats supported by the crosspiece D and eachhinged thereto at e. Each of these front seats E is connected with thedoor B on the same side by mea-ns of a connecting-rod H, the. ends ofthe rod being loosely attached to the door and seat by means of eyes 7L7L or equivalent Inechanical devices. The rods are connected to theunder side ot' the seat at a point toward its rear edge and to the innerside of the door near its lower edge, so that said rod extendsdiagonally from the seat to the door. As will readily be seen, openingthe door pulls down the seat, which swings on the hinges e into thevertical position shown by broken lines in Fig. l and by full lines inFig.

2. This leaves a wide passage out between the seats on that side of thecarriage. The lazy-back. I is disposed of at the same time by thefollowing means: The lazy-back is supported by the standards I', whichextend up from the horizontal rod J, Vsupported in bearings K, extendingfrom the seat E. This rod is bent at its inner portion J at rightangles, and its hooked end J holds loosely one end of the rod L, whoseother end is caught in an eye N on the under side of the cross-bar D.Thus when the seat is pulled down by the opening of the'door the rod Lacts on the portion J of the rod J and folds the lazy-back against theseat, as seen in Fig. 2 and broken lines, Fig. l.

Having thus fully described my invention, whatl claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isn

l. In a two-seated carriage provided with doors at the sides between theseats, the' combination of the door B, the front seat E, hinged at itsunder side to a cross-bar D, and the connecting-rod II, secured at itsopposite ends to said door and seat, whereby the opening of the doorcauses the said seat to swing down into a substantially-verticalposition, substantially as set forth.

2. In a two-seated carriage provided with doors at the sides between theseats, the combination of a front seat pivotevd on its under side to thecarriage, 'a swinging door in the side of the carriage, and a connectingmechanism whereby the opening of the door swings the said seatdown intoa substantially vertical position and the closing of the door swings itinto its normal horizontal position, substantially as described.

The combination, with the seat E, hinged to the carriage -frame andadapted to be lowered and raised by the opening and closing of the door,of the rod J, supporting the lazyback, said rod being supported inbearings K and bent, as described, at J and the rod or link L, looselyconnected with the end of the portion J of said rod J and the frameofthe carriage, whereby when the seat is lowered the lazy-back will foldagainst it, substantially'as set forth.

FRANCIS N. VANIER. IVitnesses:

HENRY W. WILLIAMS, FRANK G. PARKER.

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